WILD FLOWERS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (Signed, Edition de Luxe)

Compton, Robert Harold; Rice, Elsie Garrett (illustrator)

Description:

From the Foreword by Genl. J.C. Smuts: "I for one am truly grateful to Mrs. Garrett Rice for these exquisite floral paintings, and to the Botanical Society of South Africa for having made them available to the public. The paintings... will be welcomed not only by the lovers of our beautiful flowers, but also by students interested in their scientific aspects."

Limited De Luxe Edition, number 373 of 500 signed by both author and artist on bookplate tipped in on front pastedown. pp 24 + 250 colour plates from watercolours by the artist + [vi] (index). Full leather boards, gilt titling on spine, lower board edges and corners slightly rubbed. DJ rubbed with chipped edges, in protective brodart. Small light brown spot on text block fore edge. Some slight discolouration around edges of endpapers.

Details:

  • Publisher: The Botanical Society of South Africa
  • Publisher Place: Kirstenbosch
  • Date of Publication: c1950
  • Edition: 1st Edition
  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 255mm x 190mm x 25mm
  • Lot No: 186
  • Hammer Price: $50
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 48
  • Estimate: $150
  • Reserve: $50

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  • Name: Richmond Books and Prints
  • Address: 24-28 Loop Street & 15 Spring Street, Richmond, Northern Cape
  • Contact Person: John Donaldson
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  • Additional Information: A few years ago the town of Richmond in the Great Karoo was established as the first Booktown in the country and on the continent. Richmond Books and Prints is the cornerstone of this endeavour. We specialise in Africana with a focus on early travellers, explorers, hunters and missionaries; South African fauna and flora, fiction, bibliographies, history, the Anglo Boer war and Rhodesia. Apart from our Africana collection, our bookshops in Richmond - which consist of four Karoo-style houses, six converted stables and other outbuildings - house used books ranging from Afrikaans, Art, Aviation, Biographies, Cuisine, English fiction, History, Natural History, Religion, Sport, Trains & Railways, Warfare to Youth literature. We welcome visitors with a love of books to our bookshops and to this unique part of our country. We are open from Mondays to Saturdays from 09h00 – 17h00 and on Sundays by appointment.